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Zc95 -- Belles-Lettres
(Approved for use November 1, 2000)

Scope

Use for belles-lettres that describes the West. Use Zc96 for belles-lettres about a specific locality.

Classification

• The second line is a cutter for the author using C.A. Cutter's three figure author table. Names with umlauts are cuttered with a combination of the vowel and "e".
• The third line is one-digit, made up of a cutter number for the title.
• The fourth line is the four-digit imprint date. Add a letter designation (b-g) to distinguish works issued in the same year.
• For translations, the conventional translations letters are used after the cutter number for title.

• Class all works by an author who writes under multiple names in one location.
• Use the existing author cutter if the author has been classed previously in Zc95.
• If the author is new to Zc95, use the basic heading, if one exists, as defined by LCRI 22.2B.
• If there is not a basic heading, use the name as it appears on the item. Class all new material by this author at this location.

Anonymous works

If a work is by an anonymous author create a Cutter number using the first word of the title.

Examples

Haycox, Ernest. Alder Gulch, 1942.

Haycox, Ernest. Alder Gulch, 1957.

Dakotah chief ..., c1870.

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